Beer:

Taproom located at The Source in Denver’s North River District (aka Rino) with production at their location at 46th & Pecos (used to have taproom there too) focus on sour beer

Started in 2011, brewing at Funkwerks, then relocated brewing to Denver at Prost, then its own 20-barrel house

They have their own distribution company: Crooked Stave Artisans Distribution and distribute other cool beers as well (not just from Colorado), nationwide. Our guest, Pam, found them in North Carolina; said they are slowly growing, so keep an eye out in your area!

Topic:

Pam’s geek story began with a scoring program as the bowling secretary…

Pam helped create http://fossmarks.org/ which is a website providing practical advice on trademarks for free software developers and FOSS projects. Project was a collaborative project itself among trademark lawyers who work in free software representing US and Europe perspectives.

FOSS presents the challenge of balancing sharing with legal interests of protecting the mark.

What do you have to do as a trademark owner? What do you have to consider when it comes to consumer confusion? How do you choose a name? (Jilayne may have gotten her name this way.) See FOSSmarks.org for answer to these questions and more! (but not the part about how Jilayne got her name)

Theory behind trademark law is consumer protection – different than copyright and patent, but these concepts get confused